Multiple choice

Pick out the true statement regarding Gregor Mendel.

  1. His discoveries regarding genetic inheritance were eventually accepted by the scientific community in the mid 19th century.

  2. He concluded that genetic traits of parents will generally inherit in their offsprings.

  3. His postulates of gene & inheritance apply equally to plants and animals.

  4. His experimental plant was cross-pollinating.
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Explanation

He gave us the basis for understanding genetic inheritance in all living things, including humans. His realization that we inherit units or genes was the key to it.

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